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http://www.avclub.com/article/bono-finally-be-recognized-woman-year-245205?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=Main:1efault

“We’ve talked for years about whether to honor a man at Women of the Year and we’ve always kind of put the kibosh on it,” Glamour Editor-in-Chief Cindi Leive recounts of the fun conversations they have sometimes when it gets a little late and everyone’s kind of spent on talking about women. “You know, men get a lot of awards and aren’t exactly hurting in the celebration and honors department. But it started to seem that that might be an outdated way of looking at things, and there are so many men who really are doing wonderful things for women these days. Some men get it and Bono is one of those guys.”

Other honorees at Glamour’s Women Of The Year include Gwen Stefani; Black-ish star Tracee Ellis Ross; Black Lives Matter founders Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi; Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles; actress Zendaya; model Ashley Graham; IMF chief Christine Lagarde; ISIS kidnapping survivor Nadia Murad; and Emily Doe, victim of Stanford rapist Brock Turner—all of whom, in their own individual way, have done as much for women as Bono.

Why?

Now Bono has created Poverty Is Sexist, a new campaign specifically aimed at helping the world’s poorest women—those who survive on less than $2 a day. “Women bear the burdens of poverty,” Bono says, meaning they are far less likely than men to have access to food, clean water, education, and health care; laws in many parts of the world don’t protect them from sexual violence or allow them to own the land they work. By establishing Poverty Is Sexist, Bono is making it clear that powerful men can, and should, take on these deep-rooted issues.

Of course, the reaction hasn't been received well. Throw my award in the trash if old.

 

[yanipheonu]

I don't know how to feel just now.

 

[whitemex88]

He is well on his way to being number 1 indeed

 

[Discotheque]

It's due to a good cause but lmao. I'd have politely refused the award

 

[excelsiorlef]

Ridiculous

Make a new category instead

 

[Platy]

I wonder if other prizes have the "We’ve talked for years about whether to honor a woman at Men of the Year"

 

[atr0cious]

While ron Swanson is immediately what I thought of, it sounds like they have a better reason to pick bono other than publicity.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

he's number one at so many things, can't he just be number 2?

 

[Kinyou]

I knew that Bono was good, but not that he's that good.

 

[George Oscar Bluth II]

lol

 

[B-Dubs]

I mean, he's got a good cause and a good message...but this is some Ron Swanson shit right here. Like, come up with a new award to honor the man.

 

[old manatee]

It's about time Bono got the recognition he deserves.

 

[Jarrod38]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJXqnYCWW7Y

 

[MIMIC]

“You know, men get a lot of awards and aren’t exactly hurting in the celebration and honors department. But it started to seem that that might be an outdated way of looking at things, and there are so many men who really are doing wonderful things for women these days. Some men get it and Bono is one of those guys.”

That is some bizarre logic.

 

[perfectchaos007]

So for those keeping score at home, in the past month we have had:

Bob Dylan win the Literary Nobel Prize
Tupac nominated for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame
Bono wins Woman of the Year

 

[SexyFish]

I wonder if other prizes have the "We’ve talked for years about whether to honor a woman at Men of the Year"

"We've talked for years about honoring black actors for non-slavery movies at the Oscars."

 

[Lois_Lane]

So for those keeping score at home, in the past month we have had:

Bob Dylan win the Literary Nobel Prize
Tupac nominated for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame
Bono wins Woman of the Year

2016 in a nutshell.

This year is weird.

 

[scoobs]

South Park predicting the future yet again

 

[freenudemacusers]

well i can't think of a single woman who deserved the award this year.

 

[excelsiorlef]

Glamour really reached a new level of enlightened elevation with this award. Just thinking about the pride (in the name of women) they must feel gives me moral vertigo.

 

[kunonabi]

What exactly did Zendaya do to be considered for woman of the year?

 

[perfectchaos007]

2016 in a nutshell.

This year is weird.

Also Donald Trump is a shoe in for Time's person of the year 2016. But given the criteria for it, he does fit the bill.

 

[Kinyou]

So for those keeping score at home, in the past month we have had:

Bob Dylan win the Literary Nobel Prize
Tupac nominated for the Rock N Roll Hall of Fame
Bono wins Woman of the Year

Better not be continued with Trump becoming president.

 

[Hispanic! At the Disco]

Wow even women created and ran celebrations of women are raising up and awarding men!

 

[TheJoRu]

The most outdated thing here is not that this award was previously just for women, it's all the dull and putrid South Park-references in this thread.

 

[Hellwarden]

Man, that's...wow.

2016 has been a trip.

 

[GhaleonEB]

This looks like a case of acknowledging a good cause in a very dumb way.

 

[Kayhan]

Finally my fellow men, it is our turn.

 

[old manatee]

They must really hate Hillary.

 

[Angelus Errare]

Could have just made him Man of the Year, because I highly HIGHLY doubt any woman is in the running for "Man of the Year".

 

[funkystudent]

I get what they are trying to do... but did it have to be Bono?

 

[TheJoRu]

I get what they are trying to do... but did it have to be Bono?

I mean...there's a lot of people who would be deserving of it, but I don't see the problem here. The award seems to mostly target high-profile or famous people, and Bono's one of those people who has been highlighting these issues. The motivation is pretty sound, IMO.

 

[Angelus Errare]

I mean...there's a lot of people who would be deserving of it, but I don't see the problem here. The award seems to mostly target high-profile or famous people, and Bono's one of those people who has been highlighting these issues. The motivation is pretty sound, IMO.

*Women

Bono is Y/Y chromosome. Could have given the award to you know...a woman. This move signifies that there are NO women doing the same to help women, or that somehow Bono being a man doing this is more noble than a woman doing it.

 

[uncredited male]

Wo-man

 

[TheJoRu]

*Women

Bono is Y/Y chromosome. Could have given the award to you know...a woman. Like this is like giving a white person "Asian American Excellence and Achievement Award".

Depends on what kind of an award they want it to be. Like, is it mainly about acknowledging great women, or is it mainly about acknowledging great work that is being done in the favor of women? In Bono's case it's obviously the latter, and they've given their motivation as to what work it's for.

Regardless, they're labeling his award "Man of the Year" according to their Facebook, and he's just one of an otherwise all-women list of award recipients.

 

[hodayathink]

Depends on what kind of an award they want it to be. Like, is it mainly about acknowledging great women, or is it mainly about acknowledging great work that is being done in the favor of women? In Bono's case it's obviously the latter, and they've given their motivation as to what work it's for.

Regardless, they're labeling his award "Man of the Year" according to their Facebook, and he's just one of an otherwise all-women list of award recipients.

I'd have to do a little research to make sure, but it seems like the issue isn't necessarily that they're giving him an award called "Woman of the Year", but that they've generally only given the award to women, and have decided in this year to give it to a man. It doesn't really matter if they call it "Man of the Year", because it's still giving him an award that they've only given to women before.

 

[davidwhangchoi]

A woman needs a man... like a fish needs a bicycle...

 

[Platy]

*Women

Bono is Y/Y chromosome. Could have given the award to you know...a woman. This move signifies that there are NO women doing the same to help women, or that somehow Bono being a man doing this is more noble than a woman doing it.

you mean XY chromosome.
And I would have no problem if one day they if Janet Mock receives the prize.

But yeah, a man getting the prize feels ... weird to say THE LEAST